Why Does The U.S. Government Own So Much Land In The West?
Do Federal Wildlife Refuges Work? http://testu.be/1mK1IoE Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml For decades, ranchers in the western U.S. have criticized the ...
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In 2016, a group of armed men occupied an Oregon federal wildlife refuge as a protest against federal land ownership. This follows two events: The first was a case where ranchers set fire to federal land, leading to what some considered excessive punishment. The other concerned the two Bundy brothers leading the occupying armed group. Their father, Cliven (CLIVE-en) Bundy, refused to pay grazing fees while using federal land, leading to a standoff with the US Bureau of Land Management in 2014. Many of his supporters believe that the federal government has overstepped its bounds by controlling roughly half the land in the western United states. So, should the US government own so much land? Well, today the federal government holds between 29 and 81 percent of the land in 12 western states, a...
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In 2016, a group of armed men occupied an Oregon federal wildlife refuge as a protest against federal land ownership. This follows two events: The first was a case where ranchers set fire to federal land, leading to what some considered excessive punishment. The other concerned the two Bundy brothers leading the occupying armed group. Their father, Cliven (CLIVE-en) Bundy, refused to pay grazing fees while using federal land, leading to a standoff with the US Bureau of Land Management in 2014. Many of his supporters believe that the federal government has overstepped its bounds by controlling roughly half the land in the western United states. So, should the US government own so much land? Well, today the federal government holds between 29 and 81 percent of the land in 12 western states, a...
